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1. Mark Twain and American Humor
   This lesson plan for high school students examines the 'structure and characterization in the short story and consider the significance of humor through a study of Mark Twain's 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.'' (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-10-2006 : 1835-1910. celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county, american wit and humorliterature: student resources, humor, literature: fiction, mark, short stories, teaching resources, twain
2. The Dog Hause: A Playground for Pets and Pet Lovers
   Quotes, proverbs, idioms, superstitions, fun facts, humor, clip art, and more.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-09-2006 : clip art, dogs, fun facts, humor, idioms, pets, proverbs, quotes, superstitions
3. Studies in American Humor
   This site features a selection of essays that appeared in the journal Studies in American Humor from 1974 to 1994. Topics include Mark Twain, immigrant stereotypes 1880-1900, 'Catch-22' and angry humor, Will Rogers, S. J. Perelman, and New Yorker cartoons.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-09-2006 : american wit and humor, american wit and humor: history and criticism, humor
4. Snopes.com
   One of the standard sites for checking urban legends (rumors, questionable stories in email, etc.). Has sections on movies, love, Disney, holidays, quotes, e-mail and much more.
   11-07-2006 : animals, automobiles, business, cars, college, computers, crime, disney, embarrassment, folklore, food, history, holidays, horrors, humor, hurricane katrina, internet: email, languages, legal, legends, lost, love, luck, media, medicine, military, movies, music, myths, old wives' tales, politics, pregnancy, quotations, racial rumors, radio, rebellion, religions, rumors, science, sports, television, titanic, toxins, travel, urban legends, war, weddings
5. Best of the Web Directory
   Since 1994. Covers arts, business, computers, games, health, home, kids and teens, news, recreation, reference, regional, science, shopping, society, and sports.
   10-19-2006 : arts, asia, baseball, basketball, best of the web, biology, business, canada, computers, consumers, current events, dictionaries, education, electronics, entertainment, europe, family, finance, football, games, gifts, hardware, health, home, homeowners, humor, industrial, internet, jobs, law, maps, media, medicine, movies, music, news, newspapers, outdos, people, pets, physical fitness, physics, recreation, regional, religion issues, school, science, shopping, soccer, society, software, sports, technology, teenagers, television, travel, united kingdom, united states, vehicles, video
6. The Twelve Principles
   Practical and fun ideas for locating lost objects. Describes principles such as 'It's Not Lost -- You Are,' 'Domestic Drift,' and 'The Camouflage Effect.'. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   10-01-2006 : cleaning and organization, home and housing, humor, lost articles: finding, professor solomon
7. Yahoo! Directory
   An enormous directory.
   08-26-2006 : animals, archaeology, arts, astronomy, automobiles, business, cars, colleges, computers, countries, culture, dictionaries, diseases, distance learning, drink, drugs, earth science, economy, education, elections, entertainment, finance, food, games, government, health, history, humanities, humor, internet, jobs, k-12, languages, law, literature, media, military, movies, music, news, newspapers, nutrition, outdos, phone numbers, photography, physical fitness, psychology, quotes, radio, recreation, regions, religions, science, search engines: employment, sexuality, shopping, social science, society, software, sports, taxes, travel, tv, u.s. states, weather, web blogs
8. DMOZ Open Directory Project
   The largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web, 100% free. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
   12-31-1969 : arts, automobiles, baseball, basketball, biology, canada, cars, children, clothing, computer games, computers, consumers, cooking, current issues, education, encyclopedias, europe, family, food, gifts, health, home, humor, internet, investing, jobs, libraries, maps, media, medicine: alternative, movies, news, newspapers, outdos, people, physical fitness, physics, psychology, real estate, recipes, recreation, regional, religions, science, shopping, soccer, software, sports, teenagers, television, travel, tv music business, uk, us, video games, weather, world

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